Elias maecuson



Nov. 23 ,1926. 1,607,995

E. MARCUSON COMBINED PORTABLE TYPEWRITER CASE AND PAPER STORING AND COLLATING MEANS Filed March 17, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Elias Mural/$0M ,4 TTOR/VEYS Myv Nov. 23 ,1926. 1,607,995

' E. MARCUSON COMBINED PORTABLE TYPEWRITER CASE AND PAPER STORING AND COLLATING MEANS Filed March 17, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEYI EZZaSNaz-cwwg Nov. 23 1926. 1,607,995

E. MARCUSON COMBINED PORTABLE TYPEWRITER CASE AND PAPER STORING AND COLLATING MEANS Filed March 17, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet s INVENTOI? Elias Harm/60% A TTURNEYS Nov. 23,1926. 1,607,995

E. MARCUSON COMBINED PORTABLE TYPEWRITER CASE AND PAPER STORING AND COLLATING MEANS File'd March 17, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Ml VEN TOR -EZL'M Mara/6on1,

Patented Nov. 23-, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,607,995 PATENT OFFICE,

nuns MARCUSON, or NEW YORK, my;

COMBINED PORTABLE TYPEWRITER CASE Am) PAPER STORING AND GOLLATING- MEANS.

-App1ication filcd March 17, 1922. Serial No. 544,578.

This invention relates, generally, to paperstoring and collating means; and the invention has for its principal object to provide a novel means for storing typewriter paper and carbon sheets, together with a means for ejecting a plurality of said sheets from the storage compartments in predetermined assembled or collated relation one to another,

ready for insertion in the typewriter m a chine.

Other objects of this invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

With the objects of this invention in view, the same consists, primarily, in the novel paper storms and collating means hereinafter more fully set forth; and'the invention consists, furthermore, inthe novel arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and then embodied in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fi re 1 is a perspective viewof the nove paper storage and collating means made according to and embodyingthe princip-les of this invention, the same being shown in connection with a portable typewriter carrying case and in closed condition; Figure 2 is another perspective view of the same showing the carrying case in open con-' dition and the paper storage and collating means open and'arra'nged for use; Figure 3 is a detailed fragmentary perspective View of the paper storage and collating mechanism; Figure 4 is a detail fragmentary perspective of the actuating means for ejector elements of said paper storage and collating mechanism; Figure 5 isa perspective view of an ejector arm; Figure 6 is a detail longitudinal section of aportion of an ejector arm showing a detachable ejector "point holder operatively connected therewith, said view being taken on line 6-43 in said. Fig ure 7; Figure 7 is a transverse section of said ejector arm and ejector point holder, taken on line 77 in said Figure 6; Figure 8 is a horizontal section of said ejector arm and ejector point holder, taken on line 8-8 in said Figure 6; Figure 9 is a detail verticlosed relation.

'fied construction of portable typewriter carrying case with the novel aperstorage and collating means attached t ereto, which also embodies the general I principles of this invention.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of 'the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to said drawings, the refarence character 1 indicates the main body of a carrying case for portable typewriters, within which is supported a typewriter machine, as indicated by the dotted representation of the same-shown in Figure 2, said typewriter machine being firmly attached to said main body by the olding brackets or clips 2 (see Figure 2). The reference character 3 indicates the cover section of said carrying case. Preferably said cover section 3 is detachably hinged to said main bod 1, and to this end said main body 1 is provi ed, at its rear side, with the male hinge portions 4, and said cover section 3 is provlded, at its rear side with the female hinge portions 5. By a lateral movement of the cover section 3, in a proper direction, after the same is swung to opened position relative to the main body 1, the cover section may be detached from said main body by sliding the female hinge portions 5 olf of the male hi'nge portions 4. Said main body 1 is provided at its front portion or side with a suitable lock means 6, and the cover section 3 is provided at its front portion or side with a suitable hasp means 7, which may be moved into cooperative engagement with said lock means 6, when the cover section 3 occupies its closed relation to the main body 1, thereby securing the former to the latter in such A suitable hand grip or carryin handle 8 is provided, preferably in attache relation to the front portion of said cover section 3, for carrying the case thus constructed.

Arranged in the upper portion of said cover section 3 is a ment 9 which is provided with an opening or aper storage conpart mouth at one end of said cover section 3. Hinged to said cover section 3, so as to normally occu y a closed relation to the opening or mout 10 of said paper stor age compartment 9, is a door section 11. Said door section is normally maintained in its closed relation to said paper storage compertinent by means of suitable fastening de- I 3 is detached from the main body 1 of the carrying case, and turned upside down, so that the pa er storage compartment is at the bottom, 1n which position the top side of the cover section 3 becomes the bottom side of the paper storage compartment, as shown more particularly in Figure 2 of the drawings. It therefore follows that the arrangement of the paper ejecting and collating mechanism with whichthe compartment 9 is equipped, is preferably mounted for service when the cover section occupies such above described detached position relative to said main body 1. While this arrangement of said compartment relative to the cover section is preferable, it is, not abso- 91 as to be both longitudinally slidable and x as lutely essential, and any other convenient arrangement thereof may be employed without departing from the'scope and principles of this invention.

Arranged within the interior of said compartment 9 is a frame work comprising a plurality of horizontal shelves 14 which di vide the interior of said compartment into a plurality of paper storage spaces 15, disposed one above another. Arranged at one side (preferably the right hand side) of said shelves 14 and the paper storage spaces 15 determined thereb is a longitudinally extending vertical si e plate 16, having a channele outer side formed by the L-shaped flanges 17 at the top andbottom edges of said side plate, which channeled outer side provides a lon 'tudinal slideway. or guideway 18. Said s elves 14 are provided, at the longitudinal edges thereof -adjoining said side plate 16, with downwardly turned flanges 19, which are riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the said side plate 16. Mounted within the upper portion of each storage space 15 at one sidethereof and so rotatable axially in bearing portions 20 formedby ln s struck out of said flanges 19, is a slidear 21. Each slide-bar21isi provided at its outer end with a laterally extending ejector arm 22, of alength equaling approximately about one-half of the width 0 the storage space 15. The free end of said ejector arm is doubled back upon itself to provide a U-shaped receiving socket member 23, the arms 24 and 25 of which are spaced apart in substantial one to the other. Supporte by said receiving socket member 23 is, an e ector holder, comprising a fiat horizontal body 26 having at its rear end a downwardly turned tail-lug 27 provided in its opposite sides with notches 28, which are adapted to respectively engage the respective arms 24 and 25 of said receivln formed in connection with the forward end of said body-26 is a downwardly turned head-lug 29, which is likewise provided in its opposite sides with notches 30, which are adapted to respectively engage the respective arms 24 and 25 of said receiving socket member 23. The lower end of said head-lug 29 is turned outwardly and then doubled back upon itself to provide a projecting-pow tion or lip 31, in which is provided an ob-v lique cross cut to receive and firmly hold a downwardly projected and forwardly inclined ejector needlepoint 32. To attach the'above described e'ector point holder in operative relation to t e ejector arm 22, the same is engaged with the receiving socket member 23, so that its head-lug 29 and taillug 27 will pass between the'arms24 and 25 with the notches of the former enga in the latter, all as shown more particu ar y in Figures 6, 7 and 8 of the'drawings. It will be clearly evident that the ejector point holder may be readily detached, should the ejector point 22 become damaged, and as readily replaced by another holder with a. properly conditioned ejector point. While socket member 23. .Integrally' (parallel relation the construction of ejector point holder above described is very. simple, both with respect to its structure, and with respect to the ease with which the same may be manipulated in applyin the same to and in removing the same rom the ejector arms 22, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the use of such specific structure, since the ejector point holder may be made in other and various ways.

When in normal position said slide-bars .21 occupy a forwardly dis osed location,

with the ejector arms 22 lying just within the mouths oropen forward ends of the, stora 'e spaces 15, and in a normall raised position as sustained or-supported their engagement with dowhwardly an rear-= wardly; inclined lift cams or tongues 23 -which are preferably struck out .of 'the shelf 14 above each) storage space points adjacent to the junctures of said ejector arms with said slide-bars. In'such normal positionsthe ejector points 32 are disposed above a guard lug 34, which is also pref- I erably struck out of theashelf 14 above each storage space so as to be spaced downwardly from the under side of said shelf. Said guard lugs 34 protect the ejector points 32 against injurious contact with the piles of paper sheets, when the latter are inserted through the open ends of the storage spaces 15 to be stowed within the latter.

The means for producing operative movement. of said slide-bars 21 and their ejector arms 22, comprises a slide-plate or member 35 which is longitudinally movable in the slideway or guideway 18 provided in connection with said side plate 16. Said slide plate or member 35 is provided in its body with a vertical slot 36, and formed in connection with each slide bar 21 is a laterally and outwardly projecting coupling lug 37, which projects into and through said slot 36 of the slide plate or member 35 to operatively connect said slide bars with the latter. Said side plate 16 is cut away as at 38 to pro vide an opening through which said coupling lugs 37 may extend and move in connection with said slide plate or member 35. Anchored to said side plate 16 at a convenient point forward of said slide plate or member is a pull spring 39, the opposite end of which is connected with said slide plate or member 35, whereby the latter will e returned to normal initial position after completion of its operative rearward movement. The means for imparting operative movement to said slide plate or member 35,

consists of a vertically depending lever 40,

pivoted by its upper end to the side plate 16, adjacent to the forward end of the latter. Pivotall interconnected between the lower free en of said lever 40 and the forward end of said slide plate or member 35 is a link or connecting rod 41, by means of. which oscillatory movements of said lever are translated into reciprocatory movements of said slide plate or member 35. The means for actuating said lever 40 comprises a foldable finger piece consisting of a normally forwardly and outwardly projecting arm 42 which is pivotally connected by its inner end lit! with said lever 40, and from which inner end extends a downwardly directed leg-. portion 43. The free outer end of said arm 42 is provided with a push-button or similar device 44. Riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to said arm42 is a leaf spring 45, upon the lower free end of which is fixed an inwardly and laterally projecting push pin or impulsion lug 46, which extends through an opening 47 provided in the lower end of saidleg portion 43 so asto project beyond the inner side of the latter. lVhen said finger-piece, thus constructed, occupies an operative or unfolded relation to the mechanism with which it is connected said push pin or impulsion lug 46 bears against the outer edge of the lever 40, toward the lower end of the latter (as shown in mitted through the push pin or impulsion lug 4G to the lever 40 to thereby swing the same inwardly, toin turn transmit through the link 41 a rearward movement to said slide plate or'member 35. As will be apparent from an inspection of Figures 2 and 3, when the finger piece is unfolded to occupy its operative relation to the lever 40, the same will project exteriorly from the open end of the paper storage compartment 9, so .as to be readily accessible for manipulation by the operator. When, however, it is desired to close the paper storage compartment 9,'by lifting the door section 11 to closed relation to the opening or mouth 10 of the paper storage compartment 9, the said finger-piece may be folded into the interior of the conipartment 9 by pressing the leaf spring 45 to withdraw the push-pin or impulsion lug 46 from its engaged relation to the forward edge of the lever 40, and thereupon swing the arm 42 with its leg portion 43 upon its pivotal connection with the lever 40 to cause the same to swing into the interior of. said compartment, and to occupy the position shown by the dotted lines in Figure 4. By

reversing the above movements after the spring 45 is pressed outward to position the push-pin or impulsion lug 46 to pass the iever 40, the finger-piece may be withdrawn from the compartment 9 to again occupy its normal operative relation to the lever 40.

Each storage space 15 is adapted to hold a pile of sheets differing in character of purpose from the sheets in the other storage spaces. The slide bars 21 and the ejector devices carried thereby are adapted, when each space is moved forwardly out of the open end thereof, so that the several sheets are caused to project from theirresprctive spaces whereby the ends thereof may be grasped by the operator to Withdraw the sheets entirely so that the same will meet together in the desired collated relation to each other, i. c. with the letter head or original sheet on top, the copyf'or manifold sheet on the bottom, and the carbon sheet properly interposed between the formersheets ready for insertion into the typewriter machine.

. tion against wardly said lever In order to facilitate the handling of the piles of sheets, particularly when insertmg the same" into the storage spaces 15, it is of advantage to have the sheets supported upon a substantially rigid or non-flexible carrier, such as a stiff card or other tray 51, which may be provided with outwardly projecting flexible tabs or finger-pieces 52 at their forward ends to aid 1n withdrawing the same from the storage spaces 15, when it is desired so to do. The tray 51 provided for use in connection with the carbon sheets may be provided with a cover portion or flap 51, secured to the rear end of the tray by means of a flexible or hinge-like connection 53. @wing to thethin flimsy character of the carbon sheets, the same would tend to crumple and wrinkle when the cornpartment is turned up edgewise in the position normally occupied by the same when the carryin case is closed and suspended by its han e. To guard against such. oc currence the trayof carbon sheets may be withdrawn from its storage space, and the cover portion or fla 51 may be turned up and over the pile 0 carbon sheets, to hold the latter flat between said tray and the cover portion or flap (see Fi ure 11), and then the tray may be placed back in the storage space, after which the compartment 9 may be closed, the cover section restored to closing relation to the main body, so that the case is ready to be carried, and so that when so carried, the carbon sheets are securely held between the tray and cover porcrumpling or wrinkling.

In making use of the ejector mechanism which cooperates with the storage compartment and the sheet enclosing spaces thereof, the cover section 3 is opened and removed from the main bod of the case, and conveniently placed beside the latter, as already above mentioned, and as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. The compartment 9 is, thereupon opened section 11, and dropping down the same to opened position. The finger piece for actuating the lever 40 is unfolded and moved into operative relation to said lever 40 bemg at the same time projected exteriorly from the mouth of the com rtment 9 readv and accessible for use, as already described.

he 0 erator now thrusts downwardly on said ngerpiece, thereby swinging rear 40 and thus transmitting to said slide plate or member 35, through the link 41, a rearward movement This rearward movement of the slide plate or member 35 is communicated to the slide bars 21, which are thereupon caused to slide rearwardly in their hearing portions 20.- As said slide bars 21 move rearwardly, the ejector arms 22 are carried away from'the lift cams or tongues33, and as they slide down the inclined surfaces of the latter, they swing by unlatching the door' downward (the slide bars 21 rocking in their bearing portions to ermit such action), thus dro ping the e ector points 32, supported at t 'eir free ends respectively into contact with the top sheet in each storage space. A completion of the rearward movement trails the forwardl and downwardly inclined ejector points ackward for r a short distance. The operator new releases the pressure upon the finger-piece, whereu on the ull spring 39, which has'been p aced und er increased tension by the rearward movement of the slide plate or member 35, is free to exert a forward ull upon the latter, thus reversing the stress of the slide-bars 21, and thereby causing the ejector arms to move forward.- The downwardly and forwardly inclined ejector points 32 now positively en age the surface of the top sheet of each pi e, and simultaneously cause said top sheets to be propelled forward, to thereby carry their forward ends out of their respective storage s aces. The above described movements may be repeated several times, until, bythe series of step by step or progressive impulses thus imparted to the top sheets, the same are projected for a sufiicient distance out of the storage spaces to be readily accessible-to the grasp of the operator so that the same may e entirely withdrawn in the desired collated relation one to the other. When the finger-piece is fullyreleased, the slide plate or member 35 returns to its normal initial position, and the slide-bars 21 likewise are returned to their normal positions carrying the ejector arms 22 therewith. When in the course of this forward return movement, the ejector arms 22 reach the lift cams or tongues 33, they are engaged thereby and 1 are caused to ride up the inclined surfaces thereof, thus swinging upwardly the ejector arms to raise the ejector points 32 to their. normally lifted positions spacedabove the respective piles of sheets. From the above no description it will be quite clear that the ejector-mechanism provides a very effective and easily manipulated means for simulta-. neously ejecting from each storage s ace a single sheet, and that the sheets as t us si- 116 mutaneously ejected will move together so that the same may be withdrawn in the desired predetermined relation ready for insertion in the typewriter supported 'by the main body of the carrying case.

It will also be quite apparent, that the paper storage compartment, with the ejector mechanism cooperating therewith, provides a very desirable-improvement in the carrying cases for portable typewriters, not only by reason of its paper collating functions, but also for the reason that it assures a convenient and handy means for carrying a supply of paper for use in the ty writer, E which is a ways presentin that t e" paper I cannot be mislaid, and which also operates to provide a complete protection to the papers, in that the same are protected against soiling, wrinkling or other injury.

Referring now to Figure 12 of the drawings, I have shown therein a modified ar- .end, a plurality of horizontal partitions to rangement of the novel combined portable typewriter carrying case and paper storage and collating means. In this construction, the reference character 54 indicates the main body of the carrying case, to which is afixed the typewriter, as indicated by the dotted outline of the latter shown in said Figure 12- The reference character 55 indicates the cover section of the carrying case, which may be hinged or otherwise attached to said main body 5 i. Arranged in the lower portionof said main body 54'is a paper storage compartment 56, which is provided with an open end or mouth 57. Hinged to the bottom of said compartment 56, so as to normally occupy a closed relation to the opening or mouth 57 thereof, is a door-section 58, which maybe swung down to disclose the paper storage ,spaces of the compartment and the ejector mechanism actuating means arranged therewith. Said paper storage compa rtment 56is provided with interior paper storing spaces equipped with ejector mechanism, and with actuating means for simultaneously operating the latter, all of the same general construction and functioning in the same manner as already set'forth inconnection with the first described construction of combined portable typewriter carrying case and paper storage and collating means, and consequently a repetition of the detailed description of such parts will be unnecessary,

As indicated by the forms of the present invention, both described above, it will be understood, that the paper storage compartment and the ejector mechanism thereof may be arranged in connection with either the main body or thecover section of the case without departing from the scope and principles of said invention; and in fact other changes, both as to the locational relation of the parts of the case one to another, as well as to the detail construction of the various mechanisms associated therewith, may be made without departing from the scope of this invention. While I have shown and described my novel paper storage and collating means in connection with typewriter carrying cases, it will be understood that I do not limit my use of the same a to such connection, since the storage means with the paper ejecting and collating mechanism may also be manufactured as a separate unit independent of typewriter carrying cases or the like. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the devices and parts as described in said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim 1. Apaper storage case having an open subdivide the interior of said case into a plurality of storage spaces, a longitudinal guide means at one side of said case, a slide plate longitudinally reciprocable in said guide means, sheet ejector means movable in each storage space, each ejector means comprising a longitudinally disposed slide-bar mounted on the interior side of the storagecspace served thereby and capable of both longitudinal and rotative movement, an ejector arm extending laterally into said storage space from the outer end 'of said slide-bar, an ejector point carried by the free end of said ejector arm, down wardly and rearwardly inclined lift tongues subdivide the interior of said case into a plurality of storage spaces, a longitudinal guide means at one side of said case, a slide plate longitudinally re'ciprocable in said guide means, sheet ejector means movable in each storage space, each ejector means comprising a longitudinally disposed slide bar mounted on the interior side of the storage space served thereby and capable of both longitudinal and rotative movement, an ejector arm extending laterally into said storage space from the outer end of said slide-bar, an. ejector point carried by the free end of said ejector arm, downwardly and rearwardly inclined lift tongues connected with the under side of said partitions to project into the underlying compartment and positioned to engage and upwardly swing said lateral e 'ector arms to normally raise the ejector points from paper engaging position, means connected with each slide-bar for coupling the same with said slide-plate so as to participate in its reciprocable movements, a lever means for rearwardly moving said slide plate to in 'turn retract said slide bars and their ejector ing said arms to normally raised position by engagiement with said 11ft tongues at the end of t eir operative strokes.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand 7 i this 15th day of March, 1922.

ELIAS MARCUSON. 

